Simon Fraser University

Welcome to the 'Simon Fraser University' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'Simon Fraser University'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Simon Fraser University”

• Behavior in virtual worlds

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 137
  More research into social interaction in a virtual environment . A very interesting field — I’ve blogged about this type of research before — and becoming more important as more people spend higher and higher percentages of time living “virtually” instead of engaging in face-to-face contact. The release ...
  2 days ago

• French immigrants introduced farming in Britain

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, December 06 (ANI): The French introduced farming in Britain almost 6000 years ago, according to a new archaeological finding.Also, it has been suggested that Brits would have stayed on as hunter-gatherers if it were not for innovations introduced by the Gallic newcomers.Mark Collard and his team from Simon ...
  2 weeks ago

• Autism and schizophrenia could be genetic opposites

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Autism and schizophrenia may be two sides of the same coin, suggests a review of genetic data associated with the conditions. The finding could help design complementary treatments for the two disorders. Though autism was originally described as a form of schizophrenia a century ago, evidence for a link has remained ...
  3 weeks ago

• Copy that! DNA underwrites the diametric model of mental illness

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  The imprinted brain theory had two distinct origins, both in the late 1990s. First, I developed the idea that Freuds id and ego might be the psychological agents of paternally- and maternally-active imprinted genes respectively, plus X chromosome genes on the mothers side. Imprinted genes are those which are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Saving the world is serious fun all over again

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 133
  Dr. Adrienne Burk convened an amazing conference last month on behalf of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, and I was lucky enough to get a chance to speak on one of the panels. The conference was called Witnessing the World: New Possibilities for Citizenship and Social Change, and while it ...
  4 weeks ago

Comments about Simon Fraser University